- Early Irish Lyrics: Eighth to Twelfth Century, Gerard Murphy, Oxford, 1956
- Cartlann original
- 9th century
- Lon Dubh Loch Lao is a short poem composed by an unknown author, presumably an Irish monk, about a blackbird at Belfast Lough (Loch Lao).
Int én bec
ro léic feit
do rinn guip
glanbuidi:
fo-ceird faíd
ós Loch Laíg,
lon do chraíb
charnbuidi.
The small bird
that let a whistle
from a beak
of bright yellow:
it let a whistle
over Loch Lao
a blackbird on a branch
of yellow blossom.